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DVD series revisits some of the better-known movies of the '80s
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And I still like Top Gun, despite it's general '80s-ness.
If for no other reason, Top Gun is great for the sound track. If you can watch it and not feel the power of the F-14s and the music, you have no soul.
And... with respect to your opinion, Mr. Vice... I don't think the leads deliver "bland" performances. As much as I loved Molly Ringwald in her heyday - I think Eric Stoltz, Lea Thompson, and especially Mary Stuart Masterson, gave performances that seemed to ring more true to what I experienced in High School (and Craig Sheffer created perhaps the ultimate uber-rich 80's preppy villian in Hardy Jenns... with '2 n's!!")
I agree with Watts, it is a child of the '80s classic. I would rather watch this movie ten times over, than PIP one more time.
Charter member pf the society to wipe out the 1980's in our lifetime.
I was very conscious during the 80s (age 9 to 19) and disco was very uncool and dead back then.
I was surprised how it revived in the mid 1990s.
The 80s will always be my adolescence...
Not by a long shot. More cliched, more cartoonish performances, sillier fashion. I just watched them both, and Pretty in Pink is dated beyond belief, whereas Some Kind of Wonderful still feels real and kind of painful.
I think Stolz, Masterson and Thompsen gave much better performances, and made a little gem. Not as sparkly, perhaps, but richer.
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